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ADIRE: The Blue Blood Tie-Dye Textile, Made In Nigeria

by Natalie Kimani|03 December 201803 December 2018|Fashion, Features

Adire is a traditional textile craft made and worn by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Derived from the Yoruba words, adi (to tie) and re (to dye), Adire means tie and dye. The original versions were indigo-dyed and decorated with...

YAS PLEASE: Best of Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2017

by Natalie Kimani|03 November 201715 January 2018|Design, Fashion

Four days, over 50 runway shows and Heineken’s premier African Inspired Collection. And that’s just a snippet of 2017’s Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW), which went down from the 25th to the 28th of October in the fashion capital...

Editors’ Note – Designer Focus Series

by The Designers Studio|17 January 201717 January 2017|Design, Fashion

Editor's Note_____________ For the next month and a half, January and February, we have our eyes peeled on designers both in Kenya and Africa touching out hearts. Happy Happy New Year to you all. 2017 it is then and we are...